Polonsky v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Appellant, Yenta Polonsky, appeals from a final judgment of foreclosure in favor of HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (“the Bank”). The only issued raised is whether the trial court erred in determining that Polonsky signed the note and mortgage.

The foreclosure action was commenced in August 2009, and a two-day trial was held and concluded in January 2016. During those intervening six and one-half years, appellant filed three bankruptcy petitions (all of which were eventually dismissed), necessitating that the foreclosure case be set (and reset) for trial on seven separate occasions.

In her answer to the…